Heok Cheow Lim

Simply Telling My Story (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a simple account of a pastor's life, love, and discovery of beauty through his marriage and family relationships. It is also a candid account of his journey of faith - the bumpy, spiritual road, the transparent reflection of his own life in the light of his marriage, family, friends, and ministry, and also spiritual growth in his faith, devotion, and trust in Jesus Christ.

There are two parts to the book. The first has to do with his life - his school days, romance, the call of God, marriage, parenting, and trials in life.

The second has to do with his personal reflections of life and living - his musings about life in particular, society, and the church in general. These are the reflections of just an ordinary man trying to make sense under the sun for a brief span of three score and ten! He tries to be serious, paradoxical and comical at times but many times he turns out to be a cynic in essence - to the world, his country, fellow pilgrims of faith and himself! He takes life seriously. He thinks deeply about the issues affecting life. He spends time sharpening his faith by philosophically pondering, meditating and reflecting on a pragmatic action plan to live life before God without leaving his ivory tower of intellectualism.

Even though he has spent his entire life as a cleric with a brief span of out-in-the-cold rebellion, he still struggles with his profession! What a dilemma for his inner soul! He will freely admit that he wished he'd resigned every other Monday! Of course, there were times of great joy and satisfaction in serving the Lord and seeing results; there were many times of mountaintop experiences that he would not trade with anyone. It would be a sin not to admit that he basically enjoyed the work and ministry that God put him in all these years. Yes, he would not trade it for anything else. Yes, he would gladly sacrifice everything to do it all over again. Yet, it doesn't take away the many emotional struggles of quitting, of retiring and disappearing into thin air, never to see another soul again! It's a paradox of this cleric's soul and spirit.

Perhaps it is the demand of relationships, discipleship and leading that causes such emotional upheaval in one's heart. Relationships can be demanding, can be a strenuous pursuit and a costly asset to keep and to maintain. One has to constantly attend to it, to constantly appraise it and to constantly monitor its health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Heok Cheow Lim
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386680666
• Artikelnr.: 54695164

Autorenporträt

Pastor Heok Cheow was born on Penang Island, Malaysia (formerly known as Prince of Wales Island or affectionately called "the Pearl of the Orient" by the British traders of yesteryears). His father came to settle in Penang as a young boy from China. Pastor Lim is a fourth generation Christian, and many in the Lim Clan and relatives were actively involved in preaching the gospel and church planting. It is no wonder that at the age of 18, he received a call from God to also serve in ministry. He went through some brief training initially when 20 years old and finally became a pastor at 27. He is now in his 33rd year of actively serving God on the pastoral staff of FGA Centre, a city church in Penang reaching out to various language groups.

Pastor Heok Cheow has three adult children-two sons and a daughter and has been blessed with his first grandson. On August 16, 2014, his wife went home to be with the Lord. Her life and even in her death stirred him to write the book, "Simply Telling My Story, Not Simply Telling Stories."

Currently, he is the Executive Pastor of FGA Centre in charge of training and Christian Education. He has also started a new church plant especially for the millennials. Other tasks are admin and finance, event coordinator of leadership conferences, church-wide events, and seminars. He holds a Master's degree in Pastoral Studies from Malaysian Baptist Theological Seminary. Before his present position, he was a church planter, youth pastor, worship pastor and mission pastor in his 33 years of full-time service-all in the same church!